The reluctance to investigate complaints properly has left taxpayers exposed and led to calls for reform

Taxpayers’ money is being left open to abuse because of the lax regulation of
charities, experts have warned, after research by Times Money found that
less than 10 per cent of allegations of wrongdoing are investigated.

Last year the Charity Commission conducted official investigations into only
144 of the 1,865 complaints it received, and imposed serious sanctions on
only 36 occasions. In the same period one in seven charities did not file
their accounts on time, but only 108 faced any punishment for this failing.
More than 46,000 of the 180,000 registered charities in the UK are not
required to